Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application
Electrotherapy is a common therapeutic treatment used in pain relief. This paper presents the materials and fabrication methods used to manufacture an electrode textile for electrotherapy application. The Young’s modulus of the electrode is 0.22 MPa. The electrode textile consists of conductive trac...
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| author | Meijing Liu Monika Glanc-Gostkiewicz Steve Beeby Kai Yang |
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| description | Electrotherapy is a common therapeutic treatment used in pain relief. This paper presents the materials and fabrication methods used to manufacture an electrode textile for electrotherapy application. The Young’s modulus of the electrode is 0.22 MPa. The electrode textile consists of conductive tracks sandwiched between an interface layer and an encapsulation layer, and an electrode layer printed directly on top of the conductive grid patterns. The interface, conductive silver, and encapsulation layers were directly printed on fabric using screen printing. The electrode layer was printed using stencil printing. The electrode textile can survive 10,000 bending cycles around a cylinder with a diameter of 30 mm and 20 washes in a commercial washing machine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0a7b61281f944cfb9ab98b60c65a67a2023-12-03T13:37:10ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002021-01-016811210.3390/proceedings2021068012Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy ApplicationMeijing Liu0Monika Glanc-Gostkiewicz1Steve Beeby2Kai Yang3Smart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UKSmart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UKSmart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UKSmart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UKElectrotherapy is a common therapeutic treatment used in pain relief. This paper presents the materials and fabrication methods used to manufacture an electrode textile for electrotherapy application. The Young’s modulus of the electrode is 0.22 MPa. The electrode textile consists of conductive tracks sandwiched between an interface layer and an encapsulation layer, and an electrode layer printed directly on top of the conductive grid patterns. The interface, conductive silver, and encapsulation layers were directly printed on fabric using screen printing. The electrode layer was printed using stencil printing. The electrode textile can survive 10,000 bending cycles around a cylinder with a diameter of 30 mm and 20 washes in a commercial washing machine.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/68/1/12electrotherapyE-textilescreen printingstencil printingelectrodedurability |
| spellingShingle | Meijing Liu Monika Glanc-Gostkiewicz Steve Beeby Kai Yang Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application Proceedings electrotherapy E-textile screen printing stencil printing electrode durability |
| title | Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application |
| title_full | Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application |
| title_fullStr | Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application |
| title_short | Fully Printed Wearable Electrode Textile for Electrotherapy Application |
| title_sort | fully printed wearable electrode textile for electrotherapy application |
| topic | electrotherapy E-textile screen printing stencil printing electrode durability |
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